Having created the most successful animated franchise of all time with "Despicable Me" and its spin-off "Minions" films, producer Chris Meledandri knows a thing or two about blockbuster movies.. While many video game-adaptation flops have seen Hollywood wrest creative control away from franchises' original creators, basing movies on games is "perfectly viable" if film producers collaborate, said Meledandri.
Confronting intimate accounts of abortion, gender identity and paedophilia, Pope Francis gamely takes part in a no-holds-barred encounter with young adults in a new film released Wednesday, accepting both questions and rebukes.. In "Conversations with the Pope", released Wednesday on the Disney+ streaming platform, the Argentine Jesuit does not shy away.
With around a month until King Charles III's coronation, plans are at an advanced stage to mark his historic accession to the throne -- Britain's first in seven decades.. More than a century old, it was commissioned by Queen Mary for her 1911 coronation alongside King George V. Charles will wear the St Edward's Crown.
At the top of 52 steep, narrow steps at All Saints Church near London, expert bell ringers are showing the ropes to two new recruits ahead of King Charles III's coronation.. The novices are two of more than 1,000 people who responded to an appeal for new recruits by the UK's Central Council of Church Bell Ringers.
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and a dental hygienist-turned-conservative radio host have abruptly called off their engagement, a report said Tuesday.. The magazine reported one source saying Murdoch had become uncomfortable about 66-year-old Smith's evangelical views.
More than 80 artworks from the private collection of iconic French actor Alain Delon will go up for auction in June, it was announced on Tuesday. . They will be shown in New York, Hong Kong, Geneva, London and Paris before going up for auction on June 22.
Belgian pop superstar Stromae on Tuesday announced the cancellation of all his shows until the end of May for health reasons.. Stromae, 38, has in the past suffered from depression that forced him to stop performing and did not specify the health reasons that led to the cancellations.
On the Isle of Wight, one of England's most popular seaside holiday destinations since Victorian times, a pipeline stretches out from the shore to pump raw sewage into coastal waters.. The Isle of Wight, a mecca for yachtspeople off England's southern coast, has three entries.
Britain's Royal Mail began selling the first postage stamps featuring the image of King Charles III on Tuesday, following his ascension to the throne in September.. Retailers will continue selling existing stamps featuring the late Queen Elizabeth II and will be supplied with the new version when stocks run out.
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre is travelling to China this week as part of a cultural delegation accompanying French President Emmanuel Macron, who starts an official state visit in Beijing on Wednesday.. The first Western musician to stage an official concert in China after the 1976 death of Mao Zedong in 1981, Jarre's visit this week serves to underscore the cultural ties shared by the two nations.
